1. beds occupied by people who are ill or recovering from illness
Usage: plural of sickbed

Examples

• The nurses made their rounds checking on patients in their sickbeds.
• During the epidemic, all the sickbeds in the hospital were occupied.
• She spent weeks tending to family members confined to their sickbeds.
• The charity provided clean linens for sickbeds in the rural clinic.
• Many soldiers lay in sickbeds recovering from their battle wounds.
• The overcrowded ward had sickbeds lined up along every wall.